Ottoman Hotel Imperial

... : Constantinople. Then, when that empire was conquered, Islam became the religion of a new empire-the Ottoman empire. Two great monuments to imperial religion sit across from each other in the heart of this city, two magnificent buildings. Justinian built ...

... We hope Jessica's rocks are happy in their new home. We arrived in Delhi on Saturday, March 10. We stayed at the Hotel Imperial, which is just spectacular. It is an art-deco architecture museum of engravings and prints from the 18th and 19th century ...

... Sultans, their families and retainers. Opposite the kitchens are two more interesting buildings – the Divan-i-Humayun or Imperial Council where the Sultan’s ministers convened and the Imperial Treasury. The treasury now houses a collection of ...

... “BROTHEL” over that of “harem,” even though the two terms mean slightly different things…] The Imperial Harem of Topkapi Palace occupied one of the sections of the private apartments of the sultan, and contains more than 400 ...

... areas, we shelled out a few extra bucks to go see what was written to be the star attraction of the complex – the Imperial Harem. Now, I always thought that a harem was just a bunch of chicks who follow you around and satisfy your every whim and ...

... ; We moved through this area to the second gate and walked past the palace kitchens where I entered my first building - the Imperial Council Chamber.  This is where the Sultan's Imperial Counsel met to discuss affairs of state (and where the Sultan ...

... times.   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   AYA SOFIA: Was the first imperial mosque of Istanbul, and Hagia Sophia Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.             ...

... ;Turquoise tiles in Korea. The heavy, green roof tiles indicate that it has been designated for either civil or military Mandarins (imperial scholars). Most of the buildings in the Imperial Enclosure don't have as much of a curve on their roofs as ...

... and his family. This was a palace within a palace, containing a few hundred rooms with its own mosques and baths, where the imperial wives and concubines were watched over by the queen mother. The best bit of the palace for me though was the Imperial ...

... the height of its popularity it boasted the largest harbour in the region. It was later in 300AD to become the Imperial seat for Galerius the ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire. In Byzantine times Thessaloniki was a cultural centre second to ...

... the colour of the birthing room - the Byzantines at this time were very superstitious and considered this as proof of the child's imperial blood). So it is not looted from another culture at all. The original obelisk was built with a stone core but ...

... of impoverished European Jews trying to follow him in an attempted emigration to the Holy Land. The Ottoman authorities put him on trial for disrupting the Imperial Peace and imprisoned for a time in Costantinopole. He was forced to convert to Islam and ...

... bazaar was vastly enlarged in the 16th century, during the reign of Sultan Suleiman the MagnificentSuleiman the MagnificentSuleiman I, His Imperial Majesty Grand Sultan, Commander of the Faithful and Successor of the Prophet of the Lord of the Universe ...

... , as well as rock crystal.  How about a casket of uncut emeralds the size of small eggs! Some of the 15th century imperial clothes were also quite wonderful for the quality of the fabrics quite apart from the fact that they had lasted so well. We ...

... long and 120 meters wide, In the fourth century the spectator capacity was increased to 100,000. It was also the center of the Ottoman and Byzantine empires. The Hippodrome . . . . . . . . . . . . The Theodosius Obelisk was erected by Egyptian ...

... of it, click the link on the name above.  The two must-see's in the palace are the Harem and the Imperial Treasury.  The treasury is pretty self-explanatory...lot's of jewels and diamonds.  The Harem was located in the private apartment of ...

... never eaten before (but all very good), we left for a full day tour of the city.  We started at Topkapi Palace, the imperial residence of the Sultan which was built between 1459 and 1487.  Each following Sultan added on to the palace and it housed all ...

We were impressed with Istanbul on just the drive from the airport to our hotel. The city is massive and clearly a old imperial city. You can tell by the grandeur of the architecture. Our stroll through the Hippodrome park reinforced the influence this ...

... are great views of the sea from nearly every room.   An important part of any Palace (of course) is its "Imperial Treasury".  And what a treasury we have here.  We pass by buckets (really large silver bowls) filled with huge ...